Long Reads
10 Key Moments in Music Production History
Here are ten times that companies took chances on new tech and producers abused it in the name of fresh sounds.
News
Splice Adds Country Music To Splice Create
Country techno might just be on the horizon……
News
Trifecta by Manifest Audio: Multitimbral Polyrhythmic Arpeggiator with Auto-Hocketting
Designed to arrive at uniquely interwoven patterns, Manifest Audio delivers a truly unique sequencing arpeggiator…
News
Experience The Secrets of Techno Production: Berlin Book Launch Next Week
Join us at Torte Bar on January 14th for an evening of workshops, networking and techno.…
The Best...
The 10 Best Secret Sauce Plugins Of 2024
Here are our choices for the 10 best secret sauce plugins of 2024, apps that can turn a blah track into a banger – and four of them are free!
Attack Store
Dance Music Producers’ Power Book Bundle
Get 2 best-selling music production books. Buy more, spend less.
The Secrets of Dance Music Production
The world-leading book on dance music production. Comes with samples too.
Max for Live: Knob Studio
Knob Studio offers dynamic waveform manipulation and parameter mapping capabilities.
Max For Live: Chance Engine
Add controlled yet random fluctuations to your most important parameters
Max For Live: Mouth Play
Unconventional vocal shaping with a brass model or FM oscillator source
Replicants – Elektron Analog Rytm Sample Pack
Electro sounds for the Elektron Analog Rytm. Free your spirit.
News
Time on your hands? Here are 5 of our best-read Long Reads
If you’re ready for some reading escape from coronavirus – and passing time during lockdown – then take a seat and…
Columns
Mike Huckaby: Ten Finest Musical Moments
Through the sadness of losing Mike Huckaby, we can take solace in the musical gifts he left for us. …
Columns
Dancing: Schrödinger’s Cliche
Harold Heath takes another look at the ‘people-don’t-dance-anymore-they-just-stand-watching-the DJ’ discourse.…
Gear/Software
Roland Jupiter-Xm
Any return of a Jupiter-badged synth from Roland is likely to pique interest. But how about a ‘best of…
Synth Secrets
Making a Wavetable Bassline in the Style of ANNA “Forever Ravers”
In this Synth Secrets, we’re going to make a bassline in the style of ANNA’s ‘Forever Ravers’, a…
News
Waves Release The Content Creator Audio Toolkit Bundle
The Content Audio Toolkit from Waves is out now and includes the Playlist Rider plugin.
News
Mike Huckaby Has Died
The Detroit DJ, producer, artist, label boss and music educator Mike Huckaby passed away on Friday.…
Track By Track
Nachtbraker
House producer and DJ Nachtbraker dropped his excellent Fatoe Morgana EP in February, so we thought we’d get him…
My Studio
Gaetano Parisio
Synths, compressors, effects and a 909 signed by Jeff Mills. Gaetano Parisio (Drumcode, Planet Rhythm Records, Primate Recordings, Mosaic et…
Job Envy
AudioActive: Engagement Manager & Music Practitioner
AudioActive are a UK music charity who work with young people. They see music as “an end in itself as…
Gear/Software
Waves Ovox Vocal ReSynthesis
This plugin from Waves wants to be your go-to vocal processor. Is it more than just another vocoder?…
Beat Dissected
UK Drill
We break down a UK drill beat, a genre that rapidly became one of the dominant sounds in the UK…
The Best...
Ten of the Best: Compressor Plugins 2020
We pick ten of our favourite compressor plugins, from affordable all-rounders through to top quality analogue hardware emulations.…
Columns
Book Smarts: We Pick Our Favourite Dance / Electronic Music Books
If you’ve got a bit of time at the moment there are some superb DJing and dance/electronic music…
News
Free Software Recreates MPC2000XL
The vMPC2000XL Emulator has the look of the original and is available as a standalone application or as a VST2…
Interviews
Vanity Press Records: Messages From The Underground
About the only things in common that the various releases of Vanity Press Records have is that they’re from…
Mixcloud Announce New Live Streaming Platform
Streaming service Mixcloud has released its new platform early due to the Corona pandemic. …
Top Tracks
Ponty Mython
Russian recording artist Ponty Mython has released his idiosyncratic take on house music on labels like Tusk Wax, Dirt Crew…
News
DJs & Producers for WHO Relief Fund
To raise money for the World Health Organisation’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, Attack Magazine is giving away…
Tutorials
Burying the Mix in Burial Style Reverb
There are numerous approaches to reverb from echo chambers to mechanical devices through to analogue circuits and on, of course…
News
Larry Sherman of Trax Records Dies of Heart Failure
Larry Sherman’s pioneering label released seminal house records like ‘Can U Feel It’, ‘Move Your Body (The House Music…
News
Ross from Friends Releases Max For Live Device
The lo-fi hero made the announcement on Twitter this morning that his debut Max For Live device is now…
My Studio
DEAS
Polish producer and DJ Deas has just dropped his ‘Index’ EP on Second State. We thought this might be a…
Beat Dissected
Lo-Fi House
In this latest Beat Dissected, we show you how to program a Lo-Fi house beat full of nostalgic warmth…
News
Fatboy Slim Is Organising a Free Concert for NHS Staff
Norman Cook is planning to throw the party for NHS and frontline staff in Brighton in October. …
News
Trial Abbey Road Studio 3 for an extended 90 days demo period
With Abbey Road temporarily closed for the first time in its history due to COVID-19, and with most of…
Long Reads
What Will DJing Look Like in Ten Years?
Around the turn of the year, it seemed everyone in dance music was looking back at the last ten years…
Tutorials
Understanding Diva’s Different Oscillators, Filters and Envelopes
Diva is fairly complex in its modular architecture. In this tutorial we show you how to get the most out…
Q&A
Daniel Dejman
Daniel Dejman put out his ‘STTÆB’ EP on his Slow Dancing To Techno imprint last month, so we thought…
